Ghoochani Mobina, Kahouei Mehdi, Hemmat Morteza, Majdabadi Hesamedin Askari, Valinejadi Ali
MSc. of Information Technology, School of Allied Medical Sciences, Semnan University of Medical Sciences, Semnan, Iran.
Ph.D. of Health Information Management, Associate Professor, Social Determinants of Health Research Center, Semnan University of Medical Sciences, Semnan, Iran.
Electron Physician. 2017 Oct 25;9(10):5657-5662. doi: 10.19082/5657. eCollection 2017 Oct.
The level of knowledge and using health information technology by clinicians, students and staff has always been one of the essential issues in the field of health.
The objective of the present study was to evaluate HIT knowledge, attitude, and practice habits among health care professionals and students in educational hospitals in Iran.
This case study was carried out in 2016 on 539 personnel of 65 educational hospitals in Iran entailing three subgroups of physicians (n=128), medical students (n=97), and health record staff (n=314). A pretested self-administered questionnaire was designed to evaluate the knowledge, attitude and practice of health information technology. It was comprised of three parts of "baseline general characteristics", "knowledge categories", and "attitude and practice".
In total, 28.8% of participants had a good level of knowledge about computer science, whereas 37.7% had a poor level of knowledge. A total of 40% showed good attitude and practice, while 25.6% had poor attitude and practice. Furthermore, 16.4% of physicians, 32% of students and 33.1% of health record staff had good knowledge, while poor knowledge was reported in 45.3% of physicians, 25.8% of students, and 37.6% of staff (p=0.304). The trend of good attitude and practice habits were respectively 28.9%, 50.5%, and 40.8% in physicians, students, and staff, whereas these trends were respectively 30.5%, 4.1%, and 29.9% for poor attitude and practice (p=0.163). Generally, the knowledge level of participants was positively related to the rate of attitude and practice (r=0.847, p<0.001), so the higher knowledge level brought about the higher score in attitude and practice.
The level of knowledge and practice of HIT was low among the physicians, students, and staff. Our university can provide a plenary program to promote the level of knowledge and information on practice of HIT.
临床医生、学生和工作人员对健康信息技术的知识水平及应用情况一直是健康领域的重要问题之一。
本研究旨在评估伊朗教学医院中医疗保健专业人员和学生对健康信息技术的知识、态度和实践习惯。
本案例研究于2016年对伊朗65家教学医院的539名人员进行，包括医生（n = 128）、医学生（n = 97）和健康记录工作人员（n = 314）三个亚组。设计了一份经过预测试的自填式问卷，以评估健康信息技术的知识、态度和实践情况。问卷由“基线一般特征”、“知识类别”和“态度与实践”三部分组成。
总体而言，28.8%的参与者对计算机科学有良好的知识水平，而37.7%的参与者知识水平较差。共有40%的人态度和实践良好，而25.6%的人态度和实践较差。此外，16.4%的医生、32%的学生和33.1%的健康记录工作人员知识良好，而45.3%的医生、25.8%的学生和37.6%的工作人员知识较差（p = 0.304）。医生、学生和工作人员中态度和实践习惯良好的比例分别为28.9%、50.5%和40.8%，而态度和实践较差的比例分别为30.5%、4.1%和29.9%（p = 0.163）。一般来说，参与者的知识水平与态度和实践率呈正相关（r = 0.847，p < 0.001），因此知识水平越高，态度和实践得分越高。
医生、学生和工作人员对健康信息技术的知识和实践水平较低。我们大学可以提供一个全面的项目来提高健康信息技术实践的知识和信息水平。
